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The Bear and the Nightingale (The Winternight Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 294 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.10 — 203,490 ratings — published 2017
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 236 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.28 — 165,405 ratings — published 1812
Norse Mythology (Paperback)
by (shelved 195 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.11 — 323,551 ratings — published 2017
Aesop’s Fables (Paperback)
by (shelved 178 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.05 — 126,085 ratings — published -560
The Girl in the Tower (The Winternight Trilogy, #2)
by (shelved 142 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.35 — 98,932 ratings — published 2017
American Gods (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 129 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.11 — 941,694 ratings — published 2001
Men and Monsters (Nightfall, #2)
by (shelved 125 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.40 — 550 ratings — published 2018
The Winter of the Witch (The Winternight Trilogy, #3)
by (shelved 123 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.49 — 78,234 ratings — published 2019
Uprooted (Hardcover)
by (shelved 121 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.04 — 240,725 ratings — published 2015
Irish Fairy and Folk Tales (Hardcover)
by (shelved 110 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.05 — 5,538 ratings — published 1888
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears (Paperback)
by (shelved 107 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.04 — 26,235 ratings — published 1975
Spinning Silver (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 104 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.20 — 132,305 ratings — published 2018
The Arabian Nights (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 102 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.03 — 77,603 ratings — published 800
Beowulf (Paperback)
by (shelved 97 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.49 — 318,065 ratings — published 1000
The Complete Fairy Tales (Hardcover)
by (shelved 94 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.29 — 107,218 ratings — published 1872
Deathless (Hardcover)
by (shelved 91 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.95 — 21,105 ratings — published 2011
Thistlefoot (Hardcover)
by (shelved 91 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.96 — 19,066 ratings — published 2022
Circe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 91 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.23 — 1,089,536 ratings — published 2018
The Golem and the Jinni (The Golem and the Jinni, #1)
by (shelved 90 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.13 — 125,025 ratings — published 2013
Italian Folktales (Paperback)
by (shelved 90 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.17 — 4,259 ratings — published 1956
The Celtic Twilight: Faerie and Folklore (Paperback)
by (shelved 89 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.02 — 3,157 ratings — published 1893
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 83 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.31 — 50,148 ratings — published 2009
Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China (Paperback)
by (shelved 82 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.06 — 18,245 ratings — published 1989
Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti (Paperback)
by (shelved 81 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.12 — 7,201 ratings — published 1973
The Mitten (Hardcover)
by (shelved 79 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.28 — 92,316 ratings — published 1989
The Mabinogion (Penguin Classics)
by (shelved 78 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.93 — 7,977 ratings — published 1400
The World of Lore: Monstrous Creatures (The World of Lore, #1)
by (shelved 73 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.94 — 6,207 ratings — published 2017
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 73 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.35 — 20,694 ratings — published 1987
Russian Fairy Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 72 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.20 — 3,776 ratings — published 1855
Gods of Jade and Shadow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 71 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.90 — 67,382 ratings — published 2019
The Hero With a Thousand Faces (Paperback)
by (shelved 71 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.13 — 41,880 ratings — published 1949
The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries (Paperback)
by (shelved 71 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.09 — 1,542 ratings — published 1911
American Indian Myths and Legends (Paperback)
by (shelved 70 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.08 — 5,304 ratings — published 1984
Women Who Run With the Wolves (Paperback)
by (shelved 69 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.13 — 77,179 ratings — published 1992
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)
by (shelved 68 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.03 — 97,615 ratings — published 2023
The Golden Bough (Paperback)
by (shelved 68 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.03 — 8,866 ratings — published 1890
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (Paperback)
by (shelved 68 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.06 — 68,260 ratings — published 1981
Botanical Folk Tales of Britain and Ireland (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 67 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.81 — 2,719 ratings — published 2018
Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things (Paperback)
by (shelved 66 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.84 — 5,249 ratings — published 1904
The Power of Myth (Paperback)
by (shelved 66 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.26 — 51,504 ratings — published 1988
The Kalevala (Paperback)
by (shelved 61 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.05 — 5,574 ratings — published 1849
The Lion and the Mouse (Hardcover)
by (shelved 61 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.22 — 24,234 ratings — published 2009
The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 61 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.84 — 5,868 ratings — published 1975
Perrault's Fairy Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 60 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.11 — 14,541 ratings — published 1697
The Prose Edda: Norse Mythology (Penguin Classics)
by (shelved 60 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.16 — 14,278 ratings — published 1220
The Rough-Face Girl (Paperback)
by (shelved 60 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.39 — 12,361 ratings — published 1998
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 59 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.92 — 58,184 ratings — published 1979
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs (Paperback)
by (shelved 59 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.32 — 191,962 ratings — published 1989
The Blue Fairy Book (Paperback)
by (shelved 58 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.05 — 9,860 ratings — published 1889
“In prehistoric times, early man was bowled over by natural events: rain, thunder, lightning, the violent shaking and moving of the ground, mountains spewing deathly hot lava, the glow of the moon, the burning heat of the sun, the twinkling of the stars. Our human brain searched for an answer, and the conclusion was that it all must be caused by something greater than ourselves - this, of course, sprouted the earliest seeds of religion. This theory is certainly reflected in faery lore. In the beautiful sloping hills of Connemara in Ireland, for example, faeries were believed to have been just as beautiful, peaceful, and pleasant as the world around them. But in the Scottish Highlands, with their dark, brooding mountains and eerie highland lakes, villagers warned of deadly water-kelpies and spirit characters that packed a bit more punch.”
― Faery Tale: One Woman's Search for Enchantment in a Modern World
― Faery Tale: One Woman's Search for Enchantment in a Modern World
“Look, there is the tree where seven men have married the ropemaker's daughter, and are now learning to fly.”
― The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales
― The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales
